{"product_id":"9781474293273","title":"The Madwoman in the Volvo","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Madwoman in the Volvo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sandra Tsing Loh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't remember exactly when my formerly charming, humorous, omnipotent mother, who would swim a mile out into the ocean to get your beach ball in choppy seas, did the great recede. But she was a tide gradually but\u003cbr\u003eirrevocably washing out, she retreated, she receded, she drifted away, and there was nothing anybody could do about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ancient times, tribal women went alone to caves during menopause. Today, the 50 million menopausal women in America turn to cheery self-help books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs for Loh and her female friends, they are determined not to go quietly into their sixth decade, but instead opt for a desert festival of debauchery and half-nude stoners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on her acclaimed memoir of the same title that Booklist calls “hilarious, comforting and enlightening”, Loh's play is a hilarious, provocative, often moving consideration of what it is to be a woman in a society that values and reveres youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mad Woman in the Volvo\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere on 3 January 2016 at South Coast Repertory, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474293273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40616250179790,"sku":"9781474293273","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_50a70f44-f577-49ae-9ad1-112a0368f894.jpg?v=1638321173","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474293273","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}